Carboy-shipping container



0. Z. BREWER CARBOY SHIPPING CONTAINER Filed March 9, 1926 April 24, 1928.

Mm Nu INVENTOR Oscar Z. Brewer'- ATTORNEY WA SD prove generallythe Patented Apr. 24,1928,

UNITED STATES OSGARZ, BREWER, or sroxann, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR or oNE-HALE 'ro HERBERT we .KmcNEILnoFivEw YORK,"N. Y.

o nn'o -smnnve CONTAI ER} 'A pncanoni ma Mamas, 1926." serial maria,

This invention relates {re ainer-s or receptacles for liquid containers and for carboys, though it'is' noted that the in- 5 vention is not limited to'boxes nor in some respects even to receptacles for'carboys. I

and sidesso as to prevent breakage;

Another object of the invention is to provide a carboy carrier so designed as tore duce to a minimum the material required for making the same. v

Another'object of the invention is to provide an easily assembled and handled carrier in which the 'carboyunay be quickly and firmly secured; j

: Otherob'ects of the invention are toim} simplicity and safety of carboy carriers and to provide, a receptacle of this kindwhich is safe, durable and reliable in use and economieal to manufacture and into which the carboy may beeasily placed'and secured and frorn'which it may easily be removed.

Still other ob 'ects of appear as the description proceeds;

while herein-details of the invention are do.

the invention will scribed and claimed, the invention is not limited to these, slnce many and various changes may be made Without departing from the scope of theinvention as claimed in the broader claims.

The'inventive features for the accomplishment of these and other objects are shown herein in connection with an improved carboy' receptacle or carrier which, briefly stated, includes arectangular boxhaving a upper and lower blocks across their ends carrying corner springs bridging' the blocks at each corner. Upwardly .pointedlower v wedges and downwardly pointed 1 upper wedges of soft woodseatedbetween the ends of the corner sprlngs respectively andthe gaging the carboy:wher eby inequa1ities of the carboy'are impressed in the corrugations to'prevent breakage A to'p'board secured more particularly to receptacles or'shipping boxes and spring seat on its bottom on which the car-1 boy rests and provided with corner members 2 comprising corner posts of triangular cross sectionfin respective corners which carry.

carboy are provided with; corrugations enover. the top of the biox -is provided with ll opening receiving the neck of the carboy.

;-In the accompanying drawing,'-showingV byway of'exa mple, one of many possible: embodiments of theinvention, Fig; 1 1s a vertical sectional view, .taken on a vertical plane passing corners of the box 1 e v e Fig. 2,1sa horizontal sectional View,

through opposite partlyv in'plan', taken: on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a box Y Y Fig. 4 is a plan;and I Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing an aSselnbled cornerniember. 2 'My improved container-or carrier for carboys or other liquid containers ic omprises a frame or box 5 having bottom and side walls 6 and 7 and jstrips 8 forming shoes under} front or a side elevation the the edges of the bottom of the box and horizontal. strips 7 9 forming handles secured across the mid part'of the outer face of oplposite side walls, 7 of the box, though the invention] is inno way limited-tothe construction or details of the box.

A bottom ,disklO is sec'uredconcentrically on the inner face of the bottom wall 6,'- and a plurality of superposed horizontalboards I are placed on said disk, each layer being disposed so: that the grain runs at right angles to the grain in the adjacent'layers as;

indicated at12, Fig. 2, to cooperate to form a bottom spring or cushion seat for the carboy 15. a

Corner posts 16 of triangular crosssec-7 tion (Fig, 5) fitting in the respective verticalcorners of the box and extending sub-J stantially from top to bottom thereof with their exposed faces 17 at 45 degrees to the side walls, carry upper and lower corner blocks 18 and 19 secured acrossthe ends-respectively ofsaidfexp'osed faces 16 and in turn carry corner springs. 20, one at each corner ofthe box, mounted on'and'bridgin'g the corner blocks thereof, each corner spring being provided with a lateral bead 21 along each side of its main exposed face.

'Upwardlypomted lower wedges 22 fitted between said beads 21:."at the lower end of each corner thenbottom wall are provided withv longitu- 'dinally corrugated exposed faces 23 against spring with their butts against 1 I removing from the top boar or the upper lower and 19" maybe nailed to the upper and lower and the vertical wedged between the "car-boy and the corner spring are provided with longitudinally QlTElIglfiQd: QXPQSQClJ faces: 26; engaged: with the Carboy. 'Said wedges are made! of. soft wood, whereby the inequalities of the Carboy are impressed into corrugations 23-and 26* to avoid breakage and-to hold the carl'ioyv firmly. I i V A top board 28, made in sections it desired, is secured'over the top oi the box against the upper corner blocks'lS, the. ends? I h s of the upper; wedges 25, and 1s provided w th a, large of the posts 16 and the bu opening 29 receivi ig the neck and-sl iou'lder of the carboy, id 'openingbeing, torn ed by i th material which may be used for the disk 10.

The various parts of the carrier ay be made of any suitable lumber or mateial,

though the boards 11 and wedges 22 and'25" are preferably made of'soit wood.

To pack the car-boy the corner elements shown in Fig. 5, exclusive of the corner posts, may be assembled and nailed together, except that the top wedges 25 are left out until the above mentioned elements first, and then the carboy, are lowered into the box, after which these. wedges are forced, into place and' nailed. Thetop boards are. then nailed on, thus holding the corner members in place; spacing blocks 1 8 ends of the corner posts,

spring pieces and lower wedges nailed in place after which the car-boy n' ay be lowered and the upper wedges inserted and nailed.

hen the Carboy is packed as noted above the carboy may be removed by. pulling out upper wedges and withdrawing'the Carboy. It-the first noted above'method is used, in packing, the corner spring assemblies may be lifted out for inspection. This construe tic-npermits repairs to be made'onthe frame of the box without injuring spring assemblies, and oldspring assemblies may be re.- pl-aced' with new ones without frame of the box.

' I claim" as my invention:

1. In a'carrier for carboys, in combination, a; rectangular-box, corner posts triangular in.

cross section disposed in the corner angles of said box and"cxtendingfrom the top to' the. bottom of" the box, spring members, secured at their ends to, the flat inward faces of the corner posts and extending longitudinally thereofforthe length of the'corner posts and spaced away from said'faces for the portions oftheir lengths between said ends and ha v. ing gui'dewaiys on their inward faces, and a pair'ot triangular wedges for each spring member engaging theguideway of the spring carboy and said lower wedges engagi igonf injury to they secured" thereto, corner posts triangular in cross-section disposed in the corner angles of said-boxandextending from the top to the bottom of the box, spring members secured at theirends to thefiat inward faces of the corner posts/and extending longitudinally thereof tortlielength] of the cornenlposts and spaced away tromjsaid tacesi' or the, pofr "on s, of jtheirlength's between said endsand have ir guide'ways on thein inwardl'itaces, ana'a pair ot triangular wedges for each sp'ing member engaging the guidew y' of the s1: member and spaced away'fro n each V 4 in apex to apex'relation, one ofsaidjved es being at the u'pperend of'the spring'member and the other bjeing; the lower end p ,the" spring member, said upper wedgesengagrng on one 01" their sides the upper side of the.

one oi their sides the lower side t i can y, d' pne W -e i beseam. e inwedging position by saicover when jthe cover is secured in covering p'osition the'c boy being releasable from the carrier by, ;emoval of said coveran-djmoving said upper wedges upwardly in said; guideways, 3, In a ca rboycarrier of i'e characterjde-T scribed, in combinatiom a corner post tr1 10o angular in or 0ss-section a spring member. having on one faced longitudii ing guideway, and a pair of st y right triangle wedges engaging on one of their sides said v apart inapex to apexi relation, one of said" wedges being at the upper end of'saidspri member and the other at the lowerend of; the spring member, said spring member on. its face opposite said guidjeway b secur c: at its ends to the flat inward-jaceiof the corner post and. extending longitudinally he n pa may thsr' f t in'f r-the. portion of the spring memberbetween said ends, the respective hy qothenuses of the wedges engaging the upper and lowerside portions of the carboy torretainingthje cary n. t e r i iethe' pre sure f t e carb y on the wedgesten ding to hendgthe nid portion of the spring member outwardly towards the corner post whereby thecjarbjoy'is yieldably maintained in the carrier.

' 4-. A carrier for car-boys COIIiPIflSlIig agbox I upright members disposed against the walls 7 of the box; an upwardly pointedjlower wedge member disposed agains the lower 9 ea pr g mem er and: ra sed; wi n x os f t a nst wh skh a y ma b edge nd. diow ward yvpov ed upper wedge members sepa ,tefi' oni the llU lower wedge membersanddisposed against the upper end of the upright members respectively and wedged between the carboy and the upright member; one of said members at each plane of contact with' another of, said members being provided with spaced beads between which the othermember seats.

5. A carrier for carboys comprising a box having bottom and side walls; upright mem along the I so wall, and provided bers disposed, against the side walls; and an upwardly pointed lower wedge member dis posed against the lower end of each upright member with its butt againstthe bottom with an exposed face against which thecarboy maybe wedged;

means preventing lateral movement between contacting members including longitud nal spaced beads carried on one of the members and between which the other member is seated; and downwardly pointed upper wedges on the upper end of the uprights respectively'and wedged between the carboy and the upright member. I

(S. A carrier for ca'rboys comprising a box; uprights disposed the b oxeach provided with a side ofitsniain exposed face; an pointed lower wedge fittedbeupwardly beads at the lower end of each tween said upright provided with against which the carboy may be wedged; downwardly pointed upper wedges seated between the beads of the upper end of the uprights respectively and wedgedbetween I: the. carboy and the upright; and a top board secured overthe top of the box agai-nstflthe butts'of the'upper wedges.

7. A carrier for carboys, comprising a,

against the 1 side walls of lateral bead an exposed face ka ne, and State 'day ofF ebruafry box; uprights disposed against the sidewalls I j.

I of the box; and downwardly pointing upper wedges and upwardly pointed lowerwedges between the ends of the uprights andthe carboy for holding the carboy against either upwardor downwardmovement; and'boards secured 'on thextop and bottom of the box *ag'ainstthe butts of the upper and lower I wedges.

3-v A box; uprightsjdis posed against the walls of the box; and downwardly pointing upper fast on the uprights between the ends of'the uprights and the 'carbo'yi positively holding v I the carb'oy'against' either upward or downward movement.

carrier for c arboys, comprising a wedges and upwardly pointed lower wedges V 97A carrierxforcarboys, comprising a frame; posts disposed around the frame; a block across-the end of each post; a'n'intermediately yieldable spring bridging v the blocks of each post; and separated upwardly pointing upper wedges and upwardly pointed'lower wedgesbetween the ends of the I springs and the carboy engaging the carboy at active portions of the wedge remotefroni said blocks, whereby saidportions yield with I the springs.

v 10. A carrler for carboys I comprising a box; uprights disposed against the-walls of the box each provided with a lateral bead along the side of its main exposedface; and

iinwardly pointed wedges fitted between said exposed face against whichI-the carboy may be wedged. Signed at Spokane in the county of Spo- 

